The squiggly trunks and branches of Black Locust stand out in the winter landscape. Photos by Katie Finch Leaves are probably the most common feature used to identify trees. But in winter, when so ...

The United Nations declared 2021–2030 to be the decade of ecosystem restoration, an initiative aiming to halt ecosystem degradation and restore 350 million hectares ...

Staff at the Environmental Nature Center in Newport Beach were holding out hope a 50-foot live oak, the last of a forest of trees they’ve cared for over decades, would remain standing. But on ...

Remarkable research has unlocked new understanding of the mysterious ways trees communicate and share knowledge with each other – and much like in many animal species, the wisdom of age plays a vital ...

In Panama’s tropical forests, trees are quietly rewriting the rules of survival. Faced with longer, harsher dry spells, they ...

In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, Mauricio Ruiz has turned his love for nature into action by working with the community to reforest a critical stretch of the nation’s most endangered forest, and by using ...

Walk into any woods in New England (or the world) and you are bound to find standing dead trees. Depending upon where you live and how you view natural ecosystems these can be viewed either as ...

Source: Photo by Lynda V. Mapes. Used with permission. As a Pacific Northwest-based writer who reveres the ancient connection between salmon and resident orca, I consider Lynda Mapes' body of work a ...

If you have ever cut your own Christmas tree, you may be aware of the fact that sometimes crawly creatures will hitch a ride into your home — though there are ways to keep your Christmas tree ...